Match-box holder



C. E. PRICKETT.

MATCH BOX HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN-11,1921- Patented N0v.'15, 1921.

6. Z. Prdclieib.

UNITED STATES PATEN MATCH-BOX HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15,1921.

Application filed January 11, 1921. Serial No. 436,479.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLINTON E. Pnroxn'rr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairmont, in the county of Marion and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Box Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to match box holders and has for its object the provision of a simple and inexpensive device which may be conveniently supported upon a fixed support or may be engaged over a workmans belt or similarly supported to hold a box of matches in an accessible position. The invention seeks further to provide means whereby the box of matches may be projected when it is desired to extract a match and to completely inclose the matches when the use of the same is not desired so that loss of matches will be prevented. These stated objects and other objects which will incidentally appear in the course of the following description are attained in such a device as is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and the invention resides in certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved match box holder with a box of matches therein;

Fig. 2 is ,a longitudinal section through the holder;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a housing which is preferably constructed of sheet metal and comprises a back wall 1, a front wall 2 and end walls 3 connecting the front and back walls. The end walls are provided with notches 4 at their upper ends to facilitate grasping of the match box and between their ends they are provided with vertically disposed slots 5 through which a match head may be inserted to engage upon the striln'ng surface 6 of the match box. The back wall 1 is provided with an integral extension 7 which is doubled upon itself, as shown at 8, and is preferably resilient so that the said extension will be spaced slightly from the back wall but will tend to move toward the same whereby if the edge of a workmans belt or the edge of a pocket in an automobile door be engaged between the wall and the extension, it will be firmly gripped and the holdersupported thereon. The lower edge of the extension 7 is turned slightly outward, as indicated at 9, so that the device may be more readily engaged over the edge of the support. In the upper portion of the doubled over extension, I provide a keyhole opening 10 which may be readily engaged upon a nail or other headed device in a fixed support so that the holder may be supported within a building or workroom.

The holder is, of course, provided with a bottom plate 11 and in the said plate I provide spaced slots 12 through which are slidably engaged the ends 13 of a lifter consisting of a plate or bar 14 disposed within the holder and bearing directly against the bottom of the match box 15, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3. The lower extremities of the end members 13 are preferably connected by a handle member 16 so that the lifter may be easily manipulated.

The holder is intended to be of such dimensions that when a match box is placed therein the box will be entirely housed within the holder and the lifter will project below the bottom of the holder, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When it is desired to extract a match, the lifter is pushed upwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3 and the container for the matches will be thereby projected above thetop of the holder and a match may then be readily extracted. After the match has been withdrawn, the pressure upon the lifter is released and the lifter and the match box will then at "once drop to the bottom of the holder. My device will be found especially desirable by mechanics or other workmen who smoke while at their labor or who have frequent use for matches in their work. Ordinarily, a box of matches is simply carried loose in the workmans pocket and are not always readily accessible when needed. My device provides a holder which may be readily engaged over the edge of the workmans by perspiration or upset and 10st. The device is exceedingly simple and light and may be produced at a very low cost.

aving thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a holder adapted to receive a match box, and a lifter fitted in the holder and adapted to bear upon a match box therein.

2. A device for the purpose. set forth comprising a holder adapted to receive a match box, a resilient tongue on the back of the holder to engage a support, and an opening in said tongue to engage a headed suspending member.

3. A device for the purpose set forth CLINTON E. PRIOKETT. a 8.] 

